Ago–TNRC6 triggers microRNA-mediated decay by promoting two deadenylation steps
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- 18 October 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
- Vol. 16 (11), 1160-1166
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.1709
Abstract
MiRNAs can repress transcripts through decay. Mammalian miRNA-mediated deadenylation is now shown to involve both the Pan2–Pan3 and the Ccr4–Caf1 deadenylases. Such deadenylation can be triggered by tethered Ago or TNRC6 and is followed by decapping of the reporter. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) silence the expression of their mRNA targets mainly by promoting mRNA decay. The mechanism, kinetics and participating enzymes for miRNA-mediated decay in mammalian cells remain largely unclear. Combining the approaches of transcriptional pulsing, RNA tethering, overexpression of dominant-negative mutants, and siRNA-mediated gene knockdown, we show that let-7 miRNA-induced silencing complexes (miRISCs), which contain the proteins Argonaute (Ago) and TNRC6 (also known as GW182), trigger very rapid mRNA decay by inducing accelerated biphasic deadenylation mediated by Pan2–Pan3 and Ccr4–Caf1 deadenylase complexes followed by Dcp1–Dcp2 complex–directed decapping in mammalian cells. When tethered to mRNAs, all four human Ago proteins and TNRC6C are each able to recapitulate the two deadenylation steps. Two conserved human Ago2 phenylalanines (Phe470 and Phe505) are critical for recruiting TNRC6 to promote deadenylation. These findings indicate that promotion of biphasic deadenylation to trigger mRNA decay is an intrinsic property of miRISCs.Keywords
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